About Me

Certified Culinarian and
Culinary School Graduate who
is passionate about food,
cooking, writing and
photography. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business Administration October, 9, 2005. In December 2006 I earned a Professional Certificate in Gastronomy from Le Cordon Bleu. I have combined a love for the culinary arts with food photography. Recently I attended the Photographic Center Northwest for Photography classes. Taking photographs to me is a way of expressing myself. I also love music and my iPod. I enjoy going to the movies, watching television and walks with my two dogs Zephyr the Border Collie & Cocoa the Pug.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Word of the Day for Tuesday July 19, 2005

flummox \FLUM-uhks\, transitive verb: To confuse; to perplex.

And when a poll's results happen to upset the conventional wisdom, or confound the experts, or flummox the pundits, then that's a poll to remember. --Michael Kagay, "Unexpected Results Make for Memorable Polls," [1]New York Times, March 23, 2000

The chronological order of the Stuart, Hanover, Lancaster and Tudor British royal houses had me flummoxed. --Sara Ivry, "Game Show Wannabe: I Coulda Been a Millionaire," [2]New York Times, February 27, 2000

Flummoxed by the surreality of history and the mind-boggling changes unleashed by the 60's, many writers in that era became minimalists, withdrawing, turtlelike, inside their own homes and heads. --Michiko Kakutani, "New Wave of Writers Reinvents Literature," [3]New York Times, April 22, 2000